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" My first memory of the Harry Potter series was my little brother just falling into those books and not resurfacing until he was done. That J.K. Rowling got an entire generation reading is extraordinary - I'm amazed, thrilled, and proud to now be portraying one of that phenomenal writer's characters. "

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" Shower scenes are great. Janet Leigh never took a shower again in her life after 'Psycho'. "

" I don't have shame with my body. I don't find a breast more vulnerable than an elbow. "

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" If you have a famous parent, you know that being famous doesn't make you superior to anyone else. It just means people smile at you more. Everyone was fawning all over my father, but of course, the way you look at your parents when you're a teen is often with a... more critical eye. "

" I didn't feel a specific pressure to prove myself because I had an actor in the family. I didn't feel that pressure to fill some big shoes or anything. "

" When I got to NYU, I immediately inquired about doing a double major in acting and photography. "

" When you come from a family of actors, people in show business, they really know to celebrate good news and to celebrate it hard because it's not every day that you get it. "

" I was barely in 'Taking Woodstock.' "

" I don't think Paul Thomas Anderson has a standard approach to anything. "

" I find life so shocking in general. Everything about it surprises me. "

" I thought acting was what grownups did. It was such a part of my childhood. I was already in love with performing before I knew there were other options. By then, it was too late. "

" When you are the kid of an actor, it's always a very inviting world. Everyone is nice to you, the hair and make-up people braid your hair and play with you, and the costume department makes outfits for your teddy bears. "

" Some days, the first coffee just laughs at you. It says, 'Oh, you think I'm going to wake you up? Sucker.' "

" There's something particular about the way Los Angeles feels in the summertime. It slows down and is hazy and dreamy, and you can put on certain music and go for a drive and be totally sober but feel stoned. "

Katherine Waterston

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" I think connecting to a character is like connecting to any human being - either you like them or you don't. You might not be able to list the reasons why you love your best friend or what attracted you to them; it's just something that you feel - a connection, an understanding, or a curiosity that makes you want to get to know them. "

" Self-promotion is not my strong suit, for sure. I don't look down on it; I just don't understand how to do it. "

" I feel like most actors just dig and dig and work and work in whatever way they do to try to do as much as they can to portray a character in the limited time they have to play it, whether it's six months or one month or one week of work, you know. "

" Seeing someone happy on set is just a very small slice of the reality of an actor's life. "

" I don't like to talk about things unless I have to. I don't like to talk a scene to death or overanalyze it, especially if I feel like I have some way in on my own. "

" I've always wanted to play the villain. But the young girl is never the villain. "

" I love that feeling. I guess I love escaping my life, really. I love going into another world and feeling for this amount of time that this is it, this is the world I'm going to live in. You feel it more during the rehearsal process. "

" I'm overly sentimental and don't throw things away. "

" I feel like people assume if a character is very different than you, that means it's difficult to get into their head or into their skin. "

" I didn't find it difficult to live in the 'Inherent Vice' world or play those scenes, because they just seemed so real. "